If I trust myself, and in my strengthI'll be in the desert with nothing to drinkI'll live in the wilderness, so far and so aloneAnd I won't help myself, so hot and yet so coldI choose not to lean on my own understandingI acknowledge You in my ways and You direct meI'll be like a tree by the riverWhen I put my trust in YouI'll be like a coal in the fireWhen I put my hope in YouIf my heart departs and I turn awayThen I will be cursed from the absence of my faith Lord without your help I'm drowning in the seaAnd I won't help myself, I can't move and I can't breathe

I choose not to lean on my own understandingI acknowledge You in my ways and You direct meI'll be like a tree by the riverWhen I put my trust in YouI'll be like a coal in the fireWhen I put my hope in You

I choose not to lean on my own understandingI acknowledge You in my ways and You direct meI'll be like a tree by the riverWhen I put my trust in YouI'll be like a coal in the fireWhen I put my hope in You